South Koreans working to set up joint liaison office, hold joint events with North Korea
- 6 years ago
It is day two of a visit by South Korean officials to the now shuttered inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex,… as they try to lay down the groundwork for establishing a joint liaison office between the two Koreas.
For the latest on this, we go live to our Unification Ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee who's following the story for us.
Good morning, Semin.
17 South Korean government officials and staff from private sector firms are visiting the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex again today.
They crossed the inter-Korean land border roughly an hour and a half ago.
The visiting staff include those from Seoul's unification ministry and private sector firm Hyundai Asan, which played a key role in establishing the industrial complex.
The team also visited the complex yesterday.
They stayed there for a little over 7 hours and worked on draining the flooded basement of the inter-Korean interaction and cooperation office.
And with North Korean officials' help, the team also cleaned up and checked the electricity network at another building... where they plan to set up a temporary liaison office.
Today's work is expected to be similar to yesterday's.
Just to give you a recap, the two Koreas agreed -- at their high-level talks early this month -- to set up the joint liaison office within the Kaesong Industrial Complex -- a factory park that was jointly run by the two Koreas.
But the complex needs renovation because it's been shut down since February 2016.
Jung-hee, we're hearing that there's another trip north of the border today -- this one by a South Korean civic group.
Tell us about that, too.
You're right.
15 South Koreans will travel to Pyongyang for a four-day-stay starting today... after receiving approval from Seoul's unification ministry yesterday.
These people are from a civic group that was formed in 2005... to implement the June 15th joint declaration -- the first-ever summit agreement between the two Koreas.
They are to meet with authorities in Pyongyang to discuss inter-Korean joint events and ways to boost civil interactions.
This... as leaders of South and North Korea agreed in late April... to hold joint events on major occasions observed by both sides.
That's all I have for now, but I'll have more updates for our later newscasts.
Semin.
For the latest on this, we go live to our Unification Ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee who's following the story for us.
Good morning, Semin.
17 South Korean government officials and staff from private sector firms are visiting the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex again today.
They crossed the inter-Korean land border roughly an hour and a half ago.
The visiting staff include those from Seoul's unification ministry and private sector firm Hyundai Asan, which played a key role in establishing the industrial complex.
The team also visited the complex yesterday.
They stayed there for a little over 7 hours and worked on draining the flooded basement of the inter-Korean interaction and cooperation office.
And with North Korean officials' help, the team also cleaned up and checked the electricity network at another building... where they plan to set up a temporary liaison office.
Today's work is expected to be similar to yesterday's.
Just to give you a recap, the two Koreas agreed -- at their high-level talks early this month -- to set up the joint liaison office within the Kaesong Industrial Complex -- a factory park that was jointly run by the two Koreas.
But the complex needs renovation because it's been shut down since February 2016.
Jung-hee, we're hearing that there's another trip north of the border today -- this one by a South Korean civic group.
Tell us about that, too.
You're right.
15 South Koreans will travel to Pyongyang for a four-day-stay starting today... after receiving approval from Seoul's unification ministry yesterday.
These people are from a civic group that was formed in 2005... to implement the June 15th joint declaration -- the first-ever summit agreement between the two Koreas.
They are to meet with authorities in Pyongyang to discuss inter-Korean joint events and ways to boost civil interactions.
This... as leaders of South and North Korea agreed in late April... to hold joint events on major occasions observed by both sides.
That's all I have for now, but I'll have more updates for our later newscasts.
Semin.